Ryan Hooey, BA Marketing Public Relations BA Sociology (he/him/his)

Program Lead Advocacy Come To Work
CNIB
Spring Arbor University
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Ryan Hooey, Program Lead Advocacy and Come To Work with the CNIB. Ryan was diagnosed with type I Diabetes at the age of 7 and woke up one morning in 2011 with detached retinas. He has not let this slow him down. He is the father to a 3 year old daughter, Abigail and handler to a CNIB Certified Guide Dog. A yellow lab named Joe. Ryan is an advid volunteer with Diabetes Canada working on several different projects including the fight for an accessible insulin pump. In conjunction with the CNIB, Diabetes Canada has been able to make strides to making this a reality. Ryan attended Spring Arbor University in Michigan where he was a scholarship athlete, playing varsity baseball while obtaining his BA in Marketing and Public Relations. He then continued his education at the University of Windsor with a BA in Sociology and a diploma from Mohawk College in Volunteer Management and Coordination.

Presentation(s):

• DC2414 - Implementation and Knowledge Translation in Diabetes: From Research to Community to Lived Experience

  Friday, November 22, 2024
  10:00 - 11:15 AT Time

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